How long does it take to read Kolyma Tales?
Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov
Kolyma Tales by Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov takes about 16 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours 25 minutes
A long haul
First published 1978. 895 pages, about 246,125 words.
33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 27 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Shalanov is a unique historical witness of the cruellest region of Stalin's Gulag Archipelago, the white hill of Kolyma. He also happens to be one of the finest short story writers, not only in Russian but in world literature.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Concentration camps, Labor camps, Political prisoners, Fiction, Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov
